Obesity an "expanding" problem in the US military

 
Not gonna lie, seeing a friend for the first time in 20yrs who had 25yrs in the Navy and had let himself go a bit was a motivating factor in me starting my weight loss journey the next day.



(He didn’t look bad, but he wasn’t ripped anymore, and age surely is a factor. I’d love to look like he did that day comparatively.)
 
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PantherProud said:
Not gonna lie, seeing a friend for the first time in 20yrs who had 25yrs in the Navy and had let himself go a bit was a motivating factor in me starting my weight loss journey the next day.



(He didn’t look bad, but he wasn’t ripped anymore, and age surely is a factor)
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Yep. I had a similar situation with a very overweight co-worker. His slovenly appearance and eating habits motivated me of getting in better shape. He would drink a dozen Dr. Peppers every day. The Dr. Pepper sugar content alone was enough to kill him.
 
BMI might consider a healthy person “overweight” when that person’s muscle mass — not fat......

Has the military become more soft?

Yes. Its become too easy and when I can run circles around troops more than half my age it's embarrassing l.

Quite a few reasons...

The first part of my post....we have 4-5 out of our 60 that if you looked at them ya would consider them "jacked AF" and the poster boy for an American Soldier and all are essentially considered obese by BMI standards. They ultimately pass the tape test but still...the BMI is a bit antiquated and from a time we just didn't lift like we used to.

I believe the 70% is very misleading because when you think of.obese ya think of prov1 but according to BMI a jacked mofo can be considered obese.
 
There definitely is no accounting for the fact that muscle weighs more than fat when considering BMI.
 
Thavoice said:
BMI might consider a healthy person “overweight” when that person’s muscle mass — not fat......

Has the military become more soft?

Yes. Its become too easy and when I can run circles around troops more than half my age it's embarrassing l.

Quite a few reasons...

The first part of my post....we have 4-5 out of our 60 that if you looked at them ya would consider them "jacked AF" and the poster boy for an American Soldier and all are essentially considered obese by BMI standards. They ultimately pass the tape test but still...the BMI is a bit antiquated and from a time we just didn't lift like we used to.

I believe the 70% is very misleading because when you think of.obese ya think of prov1 but according to BMI a jacked mofo can be considered obese.
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Years ago the U.S. Military had planned to get away from using the BMI standards for determination of their ‘fat boy program’. I am not shocked a government agency still takes a simplistic approach to this.

That being said, their increase in overweight/obese numbers with this shoddy formula is still a bit concerning.
 
boothmark77 said:
Years ago the U.S. Military had planned to get away from using the BMI standards for determination of their ‘fat boy program’. I am not shocked a government agency still takes a simplistic approach to this.

That being said, their increase in overweight/obese numbers with this shoddy formula is still a bit concerning.
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They did update their 'taping' policy within the last year and reportedly added a body pod test for some. For that that dont know, they used to use a formula of measuring the waist at the belly area and the neck ifyou did not pass the normal standard. Now itis just the waist. There wer times a fat person, with a large neck, would pass that tape test and be good to go but a jacked snuffy with a skinny neck would fail.

The standard does need updated, however troops are a cross sectionn of the populace and as much as you want ot think they are 'above the standard' of decency in all aspects of life they really are just like everyone else. Some are oustanding citizens and some are not, just like the populace
 
Thavoice said:
They did update their 'taping' policy within the last year and reportedly added a body pod test for some. For that that dont know, they used to use a formula of measuring the waist at the belly area and the neck ifyou did not pass the normal standard. Now itis just the waist. There wer times a fat person, with a large neck, would pass that tape test and be good to go but a jacked snuffy with a skinny neck would fail.

The standard does need updated, however troops are a cross sectionn of the populace and as much as you want ot think they are 'above the standard' of decency in all aspects of life they really are just like everyone else. Some are oustanding citizens and some are not, just like the populace
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Saw this first hand. I just expected (and held myself) to a higher standard during my time. I could not control others—still cannot. 😁
 
boothmark77 said:
Saw this first hand. I just expected (and held myself) to a higher standard during my time. I could not control others—still cannot. 😁
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What is the saying........once you see how the sausage is made you have a diff opniong of it......

and thank you for your cervix (IYKYK)
 
I skimmed the article.. very quickly. What I would like to know is what are the PT scores as compared to previous years. If the PT scores are in the same ballpark I don't see a huge ( pun semi-intended) problem
 
nupanther said:
I skimmed the article.. very quickly. What I would like to know is what are the PT scores as compared to previous years. If the PT scores are in the same ballpark I don't see a huge ( pun semi-intended) problem
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They changed the PT test a couple of years ago and would say they are better as everyone is getting used to it.
The new one is much easier to pass, and some of the standards are embarrasingly low, but much tougher to max out.
 
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